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lib/criterion.ex
defmodule Criterion do
@moduledoc """
A frame work to write unit tests as a list of steps. It can be used to write tests BDD style.
## Usage
1. Define a feature using `feature/2` macro
2. Define scenarios under the feature using the `scenario/2` macro.
3. Inside each scenario, define steps using `step/2` block.
4. Steps can be either plain steps, steps with context variables or shared step
5. Shared steps can be defined using `defstep/4` macro
## Example
### Shared steps
```elixir
defmodule Criterion.SharedSteps do
import Criterion
defstep "Given a number", _context, args do
min = args[:min] || 0
%{number: min + Enum.random(0..100)}
end
end
```
### Test
```elixir
defmodule CriterionTest do
use ExUnit.Case
import Criterion
alias Criterion.SharedSteps
feature "Math" do
setup do
{:ok, pi: 3.14}
end
scenario "Square" do
step("Given a number greater than 5",
from: SharedSteps, # use only if the reusable step is in another module
via: "Given a number" # use only if the reusable step has a different step name,
where: [min: 5] # use only when you want to pass arguments to the reusable step,
)
step "When the number is multiplied by it self", %{number: number} do
result = number * number
%{result: result} # will be merged to the test context
end
step "Then the result is greater than the number", %{result: result, number: number} do
assert result > number
end
# you can access data from the initial context of the test
step "And pi is a constant", %{pi: pi} do
assert pi == 3.14
end
end
end
end
```
"""
require Logger
@context_var quote(do: context)
defmacro feature(description, do: block) do
quote do
describe unquote(description) do
unquote(block)
end
end
end
defmacro scenario(description, do: block) do
steps = extract_steps(block, description)
quote do
test unquote(description), unquote(@context_var) do
require Logger
unquote(steps)
:ok
end
end
end
defmacro defstep(description, step_var, where_var, do: block) do
quote do
def step(unquote(description), unquote(step_var), unquote(where_var)) do
unquote(block)
end
end
end
defp extract_steps({:__block__, _, steps}, scenario_description) do
Enum.reduce(steps, @context_var, fn step, acc ->
step_code = extract_step(step, scenario_description)
quote do
context = unquote(acc)
result = unquote(step_code).(context)
if is_map(result) do
Map.merge(context, result)
else
context
end
end
end)
end
defp extract_step(
{:step, _line, [step_description, [do: block]]},
scenario_description
) do
quote do
fn context ->
try do
unquote(block)
rescue
e ->
Logger.error(
"Test failed for Scenario: #{unquote(scenario_description)}, Step: #{unquote(step_description)}"
)
raise e
end
end
end
end
defp extract_step(
{:step, _line, [step_description, context_var, [do: block]]},
scenario_description
) do
quote do
fn context ->
try do
unquote(context_var) = context
unquote(block)
rescue
e ->
Logger.error(
"Test failed for Scenario: #{unquote(scenario_description)}, Step: #{unquote(step_description)}"
)
raise e
end
end
end
end
defp extract_step(
{:step, _line, [step_description | opts]},
_scenario_description
) do
opts = List.flatten(opts)
from = opts[:from]
where = opts[:where]
via = opts[:via]
step_description = via || step_description
if from do
quote do
fn context ->
unquote(from).step(unquote(step_description), context, unquote(where))
end
end
else
quote do
fn context -> step(unquote(step_description), context, unquote(where)) end
end
end
end
end